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February 2006

The 10 Steps of Feb 27, 2006

Will work for roast beefHere is my 10 step plan for today.

  1. Wake @ Noon
  2. Laundry
  3. Get a New Job
  4. Give Notice at Current Job
  5. Goto Wpg Transit Lost & Found
  6. Look for a book for my mom
  7. Look for the YSP!WSP! CD
  8. Supper at my Folks
  9. YSP!WSP! concert at the WECC
  10. Sleep

At the time of writing I have completed the first seven and am about to complete 8. Neither the book nor the CD were in stock and would need to be special ordered. I will likely complete 7 while completing 9. Time will tell.

Plate of Roast BeefFor supper with my folks I will be having Roast Beef. I love roast beef. My mom makes a stellar roast beef. Once, while eating roast beef, my step-grandma asked if it was turkey. (Not the sharpest tool especially when it comes to turkey/roast-beef knowledge.) We still sometimes call roast beef “turkey.” Oh, the times we have when we get-down with roast beef. Trivia: Every sentance in this paragraph contains the words “roast” and “beef.”

Canned Roast BeefJust for the record canned meat is not meat. Anything that calls itself meat but is made out of “formed meat chunks” is a liar. What are formed meat chunks anyway? Why not just cut it once rather than cutting it a thousand times and then glueing it back together?

roast beef of ol' England
Roast Beef, A Part of Our Heritage.

Roast Beef Sandwich Hut

Thank-you roast beef. You have never let me down. Now it is time to party with the folks and then get down with YSP!WSD!

UPDATE!  Supper was everything I wanted it to be.  Roast beef, mashed potatoes, vegetables, apple sauce and bread WITH butter.  Then some chocolate pudding.  Then off to the YSP!WSD! concert where I grooved.  I also completed step 7.  The only thing left todo is to go to sleep.  Very productive.  Way to go Mister.

Keeping in Step with Harper

How does a person get to know another person when the second person does not want the first person to talk with them? Harper is being somewhat elusive. The media are having difficulties getting him to talk much. And he won’t return my phone calls. Or emails. Or singing telegrams.

So here are some links to some dirt others have picked up on Harper.

Harper’s stance on Same Sex Marriage is a frustrating one. I found two letters to Harper on this issue. The first one is signed by Law Professors and discusses the legal elements of the issue in a thoughtful way. The second letter was penned by members of the Christian Heritage Party. The CHP seem to oppose gay marriage for the sole reason that it is “unhealthy.” Depending on your sensibilities, this second letter is rather humourous.

The Wiki web is facinating. Wiki-Quote has a whole slew of quotes made by our PMSH. It is worth checking out.

And, lastly, the Wikipedia article is interesting for only one reason. The reason is not because Harper is dynamic or even interesting but that he is rather boring. A majority of the wiki article demonstrates how frustratingly dull he is. But in the trivia section he actual has the potential to be somewhat interesting. But the fact that his dad collects “Canadian Expeditionary Force cap badges” does not do anything for me. Nor does the fact that he likes the Beatles or AC/DC. I do like listening to vinyl but that is not enough of a hook for me. The only thing I found even remotely interesting was the fact that Robb Wells (Ricky from “Trailer Park Boys”) is a distant relative. Distant, yes, but so is Harper from reality which is why it is so hard to keep in step with him.

Waste of Time

MPs are going to grill Rothstein, the next Supreme Court Judge. But not really grill. Just ask questions in order to determine if he is worth his salt. But not even that. The questions are to help Harper decide if Rothstein should be a judge he nominates. The question period has no legal ramifications. It has no power. No one will be voting on the judge’s appointment. The only thing I can see coming out of this is that Harper can know a little in advance if his pick is one he could live with.

Harper said the committee will not have the power to confirm or quash the nomination after it questions the prospective judge four days later [after being nominated], on Feb. 27. He reserves that right for himself, as prime minister, and pledged to announce his decision on March 1.

“I will take account of the committee hearings,” he added. “They will be a factor in our final decision.” CBC

No teeth. No mark. No bite. The only thing this “process” could do is gum a judge to death.

Royal Albert with Cheese

On Thursday I was lucky enough to visit the prestigous, beautiful Royal Albert. Today I realize that sarcasm does not come through on the web very well.

The Royal Albert is a collage of images that do not mesh. From the formerly beautiful moldings to the current mold, nothing fits. Except the disco ball. I find it fitting that the disco ball had mirror pieces missing and a hole from which, when the light hit it just right, looked like a mouse that died as it crawled out. But as it spun looked more like cotton candy or pink insulation. The dieing disco ball, for me, represents the death of disco. The mirror ball hanging next to the ceiling fan (which was installed as a after thought – which the bolts and the brace holding it to the ceiling can attest) did not fit. Neither did the ceiling fan being positioned below and to the side of the stained-glass arched sky-light.

The classic construction of the building did not match the band stickers stuck on the square pillars holding the roof up. As the rock-y bands raised the roof the Olympic figure skaters on the TV were bringing down the house. Again, the pieces did not fit. The trendy, hip, all-together rockin’ out youth did not jive with the daily crown of those who are down on their luck or are the “regulars.” And the VLTs did not add the ambiance that one would expect.

The bands, there were three, were good at what they do. If that is suck then they were great. If it was blow then they were experts. If it was rock then they did. If it was roll then we all were.

The first band, Dragon Dragon Dragon, was decent but not great. I know the words to the song “60 Minutes” but what they performed was nowhere even close. The words of the original ring true for everyone of any stripe, color, or creed. Plus they appeared to think they were cool because they were on stage rather than being put on stage because they were cool. I just did not feel the music. It’s a shame. But here is the original “60 Minutes.”

Tick Tick Tick Tick Tick Tick Tick Tick Tick Tick Tick Tick Tick Tick Tick Tick Tick Tick Tick Tick Tick Tick Tick Tick Tick Tick Tick Tick Tick Tick Tick Tick Tick Tick Tick Tick Tick Tick Tick Tick Tick Tick Tick Tick Tick Tick Tick Tick Tick Tick Tick Tick Tick Tick Tick Tick Tick Tick Tick Tick

The second band was trippy. Too trippy for most. I can’t recall the band’s name. I also can’t remember any of the song titles that they gave the songs. But I remember my own. “Carnaval Ride on Acid” “Inside Mary Poppin’s Head” and “Sex on a Keyboard.” I found the band facinating. The noise produced did have a musical quality. It was not melodic. It was not lyrical. There were no words. But I enjoyed it. What left me scratching my head is how a person wearing a large-ish pair of children’s sunglasses could not be smiling.

You Say Party! We Say Die!

The third band was why I was there. That and I was invited. The band “You Say Party! We Say Die!” was delightful. They were energized. They were the only reason to go to the Albert. Indy music is where it is at. YSP!WSD! is something to watch for. Something to get. Something to open your heart of hearts to. What I don’t understand is the hoodlums in the back yelling out obscure words and phrases. I don’t remember them but it sounded like “William Lyons Brier” or something. “Desktop Lampstand.” Or something. “Or something” or something.

Anything I say will not be sufficient to describe and the band was better than my words. All I can say is that if you ever have the chance to see, hear, gawk, buy or whatever you happen to be able to do in relation to the band – do not pass it up. They are everything that you are not.

Electrical Freedom of Expression

Loiuie

Louie Louie, oh no
Me gotta go
Aye-yi-yi-yi, I said
Louie Louie, oh baby
Me gotta go

The electrical anit-free-speech nazis like Louie the Lightning Bug here would not like my previous method of expression. In my bedroom there is one electrical outlet with no ground. In order to plug the things in that I need to either wake-up or have charged I need to be somewhat creative. I have a clock-radio, a cell phone, a palm-pilot and an Ipod. Three of these (ie. not the alarm clock) are larger plugs and therefore “use� more than one outlet (ie. they cover over their neighbours.) And so a regular extension cord would not do the job. So here was my solution. And the Louie’s Nazis were not too impressed. Where is my freedom of electrical expression?

outlet nightmare

And so I re-routed all the electrical cables behind my desk. (For the desk lamp, the cable modem, the switch, the Mac Mini, the monitor and the stereo) and was able to move the extra power bar to my room. Now Louie can really go now because he has killed the electrical spirit in me.

Free Speech Activism in La-La Land

It has been stewing for a while now and I think it is time I just said my piece and then let it be.

I believe in the freedom of speech. I also believe that it is crucial to have a free press.

When I say I believe in free speech I mean it in the fullest possible context. A person should be allowed to say whatever, whenever, whereever. The white-supremisist teeny-bopper band Prussian Blue should be able to sing their songs of hatred in the same way that (at the time of posting) the google ads at the Experiment were proclaiming the love of Jesus.

BUT there is a catch. If I were to yell “Fire” in a crowded theatre when there was, in fact, no fire and a riot or stampede breaks out then I should be held accountable for how I used my freedom. If by publishing cartoons that are known to offend and incite violence then I should be held accountable.

The fact that someone could be offended by a cartoon is unfathomable to me. However, that does not make it impossible. The Danish had no way of knowing this was going to be the extent of the backlash. But everyone afterwards knows for certain.

Those who are publishing the cartoons in order to fight for “free speech” are doing so to their own peril. Oddly enough they are wanting to limit free speech of others by demanding that right for themselves. The Muslims who are outraged by the cartoon have every right to voice their concern but they do not have the right to kill or destroy. These “free speech” activists who wish that the Muslims would chill-out are, in a round-about-way, silencing dissent.

The cartoonists have every right to draw their pictures. The publishers have every right to publish. The Muslims have every right to voice their concern. And everyone must be accountable for their words and for their actions.

Burning down a house or a car is arson.

Uttering threats is illegal.

Instigating a riot is illegal.

Printing cartoons known to instigate a riot is instigating a riot.

A Question – Answer it if you are able

Here is the rub. I am looking for new employment. I have a job that could be described as some sort of worn path that looks like some sort of groove that is hard to get out of. I know there is a single word to describe it. Suck-tacular. The existence of said groove has caused me to ask certain questions.

Is there fate or destiny? This goes for anything – like relationships, jobs, winning the lottery and so on. If there is some guiding force behind our successes and failures then how much can we be praised or blamed? “It was bound to happen sooner or later.”

If there is a fate or guiding force or what-have-you then we are all puppets or marionettes or muppets. At least we are puppets with a consciousness. But we are not self-aware enough to notice the strings, or the hand up our ass. How much can we fight destiny? Is it even possible?

If there is no official “force” called fate or destiny or god there is at least an unofficial force. The environment, circumstances around a person as well as the attitudes, actions of the people in the same area. As for gaining that new job there are many circumstances that out of my hands. Those circumstances are determined by many people who, likely unbeknownst to them, do not know the combined power they have. The bus-driver on the day of the interview likely does not know that he can alter the trajectory of my life as much as he can. Even if he does not, the person who may swerve and hit me as I walk on the sidewalk or cross at a cross walk would not know either. Neither would the neighbours upstairs who may well decide to blast music in the middle of the night. But altogether these people have a power. They control the hands of fate or are controlled by fate. How much is in my hands?

If I don’t get the job or the girl or do not get to ride off into the sunset who do I blame it on? Who is the script-writer? Is it my fault for not memorizing my lines or hitting my mark?

I guess the only think I really can do is assume that I am fully in charge whether or not this is the actual reality. But at what point would God factor into this? I mean, to assume total responsibility is to steal it from the god that is in charge that day. If God is in charge and can push the interview my way then where does free-will for the interviewers fit in? Did they lose their power of self-decision for that moment(s)? Or do none of us have the right to decide anything?

News Distillation (Feb 19, 2006)

In the news with the Experiment. I will distill the news for you into chewable pieces.

Lawsuits

Some people have gained the gumption to sue McDonald’s. Where these people get off, I will never know. But it seems that two gluten intolerant people (you could call them gluten bigots) have developed stomachs aches eating McD’s fries. It appears the Ronald puts some milk and wheat ingredients into the fries. Wheat causes those who are gluten intolerant to develop stomach aches. This answers some questions about McD’s but does not answer why everyone else obtains the same symptoms after eating there. A third person is suing over the same content but only because she is a vegan and cannot eat dairy. Some people seem to think that McDonald’s is a healthy choice for people who want to abstain from the mainstream. Is McD’s food really a viable choice for anyone who has special dietary concerns? Unless you have a problem taking a shit, I don’t think McD’s is the right answer to supplement any sort of dietary intake.

Technology

It seems that the new PlayStation 3 will be late and cost you a bundle. Sort of like your girlfriend, who is late and the baby will cost you a bundle.

And a hacker has broken Mac’s defenses and has put a worm into the Mac OS. Sort of like you put your worm in and broke the condom. For shame, for shame.

Backyard News

The US has a Not In My BackYard policy concerning those it captures in regards to their pursuit of terror. They have been told by the UN, Amnesty International and the Experiment to close Guantanamo Bay but they have another plan. They built a second one. But they will not build such a facility at home but in someone else’s backyard. Hey, didn’t Saddam refuse to listen to the UN and that is why he is on trial?

Iran does not like to two-step with the US or the UN. Iran figures that its backyard belongs to them and they have rights. Like the right to enrich uranium in their own country. I agree. I should have the right to enrich uranium in my own backyard. But I probably should keep the uranium in my backyard. If it leaves it likely will kill someone. And because Iran wants the world community to respect its right to enrich uranium I am sure Iran will respect the right of foreigners to keep on living.

Music News

For those of you who believe that Canadian music sucks, the Juno nominations have been announced. If shit could sing and dance it would look like NickleBack. Or, as I like to call them, Theory of a NickleCreed. But, to save face, the Juno committee has decided to include groups that actually have talent in the mix. Go figure. These include: Arcade Fire, Tegan & Sara, Broken Social Scene and the New Pornographers. The NP I don’t care for, but they kick the shit out of Nickelback because NB sucks and NP, by comparison, is better than the Beatles.

Security News

To make Canada safe from Americans fleeing their country to Canada Stockwell Day wants to arm the border guards. The only question I have is “Are the guns to keep Americans from getting in or to stop Canadians from getting out?” Maybe a wall should be built, like Germany’s. I think the US was looking into this.

With Canada being so unsafe Harper is considering moving to Afghanistan. Not really, but he is considering a vacation or a visit or something. Seems Harper is a thrill seeker and wants to put on a brave face, showing the world that he is a force to be reckoned with.

Emerson

Emerson can’t see the forest for the trees. Emerson says not one person told him they do not like his floor walking shenanigans even though when there was a meeting of like-minded individuals not happy with his seat changing and there was not enough room for them all. Seems that what it will take is someone to actually let him read the memo himself.

Science News

Scientists like to play God. A scientist has made a short-list of the ten planets on which life is most likely to exist in our solar system. She says “These are places I’d want to live if God were to put our planet around another star.” It seems either she wants to or can tell God where to put life or where she would rather live. It is lucky for me that God chose Earth, because that is where I live. And without plant-life I likely would die pre-maturely.

Vacation Anti-Planner

Are you planning a vacation? Are you planning on going on a trip for business or for pleasure? Let the Experiment give you some helpful advice about places to not visit and places to re-consider. Before you make any decision, however, you may want to make a decision to let your unconscious self make that decision. Oddly enough, I do not know how you would make the decision to allow yourself to make such a decision.

The first couple of destinations would require you to consider the meal-plan that you are going to follow at your destination. If you are a beef-eater then it may be best to avoid Japan. It appears that the US shipped banned meat to Japan because the people in charge of the shipping did not understand the shipping rules. Considering that these are the people in charge of shipping food it makes me a little wary to trust them at all. “Gees, I did not know that putting gangriene limbs in with the T-Bone steaks was a bad idea. Sorry.”

Next are two stops where people eat chicken or think they may be put in situations where they could get the super-duper deadly scary inevitable bird flu. India has confirmed the bird flu but not all the birds died of the H5N1 strain. Some died of something else. Is it something more evil and sinister? Who knows? France does know that they have found the bird flu there. The only thing that is certain, in regards to the bird flu, is that if you are a snake handler Christian radical believer then you should have no concern whatsoever about this. Why not volunteer to take care of these chickens and keep it from spreading to humans? Take one for Team Jesus. Please?

Ok, enough with the menu-based trip plan cancellations. Next we have another issue altogether. Nigeria. Nigeria has been a hot-bed of activity lately for the simple reason that there are so many needy people there that need your bank-account information in order to get the money they own out of the bank, or something. Much like the Foster-Parents plan (although slightly less credible) this Nigerian program undoubtably attracts people to the country so that the sponsors can see the people they have helped. I would put a red flag down on this simply because of several happenings.

Several oil workers have been abducted in Nigeria. If you do not work in the oil business then you may be lucky. Whatever you do, do not go to the Niger Delta. This is where the group that did the kidnapping are located and they are part of a group called the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta. Remember that name. Which is easy because it rolls off the tounge.

A second reason to avoid Nigeria is because there is an anti-Comic Convention being held there. This is a solidarity convention which is part of some underground world-wide plot to rid the world of comics, funnies, satire, and the Family Circus.

While you are avoiding Nigeria try to avoid Italy if you own one of those t-shirts that have some sort of attitude type statement and desire to wear it to work. (Although you would be on vacation, but it could be a working vacation.) A politician there desired to wear a t-shirt with the Mohammed cartoons on them. I never have found too many t-shirts funny. And these attitude ones are just annoying already. Give it up. You are not in elementary school anymore.

Here are some places you can turn down the red-alert message on, but not necessarily off. if you go to Egypt and ride a boat you can rest assurred that even if your boat sinks they will recover your belongings. Or maybe just the boat’s computer. But you may still be dead.

If you plan to visit Palastine don’t expect to talk about peace over a Hookah. Hammas has formed power, so things may be about to change. Who knows. But just keep quiet and don’t stir the pot too much.

One place you can take off the list of places to avoid entirely is Haiti. Prime Minister Harper called the newly elected President and say “We did it. We both are winners”. Or something to that effect. So it appears Harper has given Preval the thumbs up. So you can look for those cheap tickets now and away you go.

But there is one place you most definetely must avoid. Especially if you bought or made a new tin-foil suit or sun-dress. Or if you are the Tin-Man. Or if you are really tall and like carrying an umbrella. Saturn is having a major lightning storm. While it is likely that the storm may end before you arrive, no one can really tell if it will start up again shortly before you arrive.

And that is the Experiment’s vacation planner advisory for the moment.

Sea Levels and Conservative Cover-Ups

I realize that now, especially with Harper as PM, it is time I break my silence. When the news originally broke I was glad that this controversy was finally going to make the news. But reporters rather focused on other issues involved. But now it is time I presented the details linking the environment, global warming, sea levels, Harper’s plans to arm bears in northern Canada, the typical Conservative and Republican response to environmental issues and the Devil’s Lake diversion project.

Devil’s Lake, North Dakota, is a lake unlike most any other. Water enters and builds up but never leaves. Water levels keep rising. Years ago people build lake-side houses only to get flooded out permanently. I guess they may still own the property under the water. Who knows, that is for the courts to decide.

But the North Dakota government decided to divert the water into the Sheyenne river. Manitobans were not happy about this decision because limited tests had been completed and the water may bring unknown bacteria or fish species or diseases etc into the river and pollute the water. This is what reporters and politicians focussed on. But it was just a smoke screen. Something more insidious was at work.

Conservatives and Republicans repeatedly deny that global warming science is science and provide their own science to disprove it. But conservative science is merely science to disprove other science. Much like the ballistic missile defence shield tests, the global warming science is faked, false and misleading. What follows here is proof of the conspiracy that conservative politicians, so-call scientists, and pseudo-experts have forged a false doctrine for anti-environmentalism.

Fact #1 – When ice caps melt the water level will rise. This is something no one can contest. When ice melts a chemical process begins in which water is created. This water runs downhill and in this case it runs into the oceans. When the oceans receive this water the water level rises.

Fact #2 – Sea level is determined by the average level of the seas, lakes and oceans. Another fact that is indesputable. If the oceans continue to rise then the average will be higher as well. Therefore sea-level will also rise. My definition of average is the middle.

Fact #3- Devil’s lake is basically situated in the middle between the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean’s. If you took the Atlantic and the Pacific Ocean, added them together and divided by two, you would get Devil’s Lake.

Fact #4 – American’s want to drain Devil’s lake. By draining Devil’s Lake the American’s are messing with the science on which measuring sea-level is based. By doing so the American’s can claim that the sea-level has not risen and is, in fact, on the decline.

Fact #5- Harper wants to have a military presence in Northern Canada. By arming Polar Bears with guns Harper is able to have a covert team in place to protect the north from environmentalists who wish to measure and prove that the ice caps are melting. Harper’s cover story is that he wants to protect our North. If it is true that there is no global warming then Northern Canada is still just a huge ice berg and would not need this protection. But the military, namely armed bears, will be fighting envirmentalists as they hold their pagan earth-goddess worship ceremonies.

Fact #6 – This news will never be front-page news. Somehow the conservative spin-machine has been working overtime on this issue and this will never air on prime-time. The strangle-hold on this story is devastating especially considering the fact that science is being manipulated is such a way and is going unchallenged.